A frog is a passive mob that can spawn in swamps.
Spawning
Groups of two to five frogs can spawn in swamp and mangrove swamp[upcoming: JE 1.19 & BE 1.19] biomes. Frogs can also be spawned by growing from tadpoles. There are three frog variants, determined by the biome in which the tadpole grew up[more information needed]:
Drops
In Java Edition, frogs have no drops other than 1-3 experience points when killed by a player or tamed wolf.
Behavior
Frogs can jump 3 blocks high and take 10![]()
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less damage from falling than most other mobs.
Occasionally they may croak and inflate their vocal sac.
Breeding
Feeding two frogs a slimeball causes them to enter love mode, causing one of the frogs to become pregnant, similar to turtles. The pregnant frog then searches for a water tile with air above to lay frogspawn. This spawn later hatches into tadpoles, which subsequently grow into frogs.
Unlike all other mobs with baby variants, the tadpole is treated by the game as a completely different mob from the frog.
Attacking
Frogs attack by using their tongue to pull certain mobs into their mouth, whereupon the mob instantly despawns.
They attack small slimes, which drop slimeballs when killed, as well as small magma cubes, leaving a froglight block. The type of froglight depends on which type of frog attacked the magma cube; temperate frogs leave ochre froglights, cold frogs leave verdant froglights, and warm frogs leave pearlescent froglights.
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frog dies | Friendly Creatures | Frog dying | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Frog eats | Friendly Creatures | Frog eats | entity | subtitles | 0.6 | 0.9 - 1.0 | 16 | |
| Frog hurts | Friendly Creatures | Frog gets hurt | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Frog croaks | Friendly Creatures | Randomly from frog | entity | subtitles | 0.3 - 1.0 | 0.9 - 0.95 | 16 | |
| Frog lays spawn | Blocks | Frog lays frogspawn | entity | subtitles | 0.25 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Frog jumps | Friendly Creatures | Frog long jumps | entity | subtitles | 0.12 | 0.8 - 1.0 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Friendly Creatures | Walking | entity | None[sound 1] | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| None[sound 2] | ? | Unused | entity | None[sound 2] | 0.5 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly Creatures | Frog dying | mob | 0.65 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Frog eats | mob | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Frog gets hurt | mob | 0.65 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Randomly from frog | mob | 0.82 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Frog long jumps | mob | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Walking | mob | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Hostile Creatures | Frog eats mob | mob | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Entity tags (JE) | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frog | frog | None | entity.minecraft.frog |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frog | frog | 132 | entity.frog.name |
Entity data
Frogs have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.
- Entity data
- Additional fields for mobs that can breed
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all mobs
- variant: ID of the frog's variant.
History
| September 23, 2019 | The swamp was announced as a contender for the Biome Vote at MINECON Live 2019. Frogs, boats with chests, and mangrove trees were announced. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 28, 2019 | The swamp comes in second place in the Biome Vote, setting the release date of new swamp content further than new mountain content. | ||||
| October 16, 2021 | File:Temperate Frog JE1.png | ||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
1.19{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[:Category:Tools|Category:Tools]]<br/>[[Category:Items]]
[[fr:Catégorie:Outil]]
[[it:Categoria:Attrezzi]]</li><li>[[Potato|Potato]]<br/>{{about|the raw potato|the cooked potato|Baked Potato|the potato that can inflict poison|Poisonous Potato}}
{{Item
| group = Age 0-1
| 1-1 = Potatoes Age 0-1.png
| 1-2 = Potatoes Age 0-1 BE.png
| group2 = Age 2-3
| 2-1 = Potatoes Age 4-6.png
| 2-2 = Potatoes Age 2-3 BE.png
| group3 = Age 4-6
| 3-1 = Potatoes Age 4-6.png
| 3-2 = Potatoes Age 4-6 BE.png
| group4 = Age 7
| 4-1 = Potatoes Age 7.png
| 4-2 = Potatoes Age 7 BE.png
| image = Potato JE3 BE2.png
| renewable = Yes
| heals = {{hunger|1}}
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
A '''potato''' is a [[food]] [[item]] obtained from potato crops that can be used to plant them, consumed raw or [[cook]]ed to make [[baked potato]]es.
'''Potato crops''' are planted in [[farmland]] and used to grow potatoes and, rarely, [[Poisonous Potato|poisonous potatoes]].
== Obtaining ==
=== Natural generation ===
[[Village]] farm plots have a chance of being planted with potatoes. The exact chance depends on the style of the village:
{| class="wikitable"
! Village style !! Chance
|-
| {{EnvSprite|snowy-village}} Snowy || 70%
|-
| {{EnvSprite|plains-village}} Plains || 15%
|-
| {{EnvSprite|taiga-village}} Taiga || 10%
|}
Fully grown potato crops drop 2 to 5 potatoes ({{frac|3|5|7}} per crop harvested on average) and have a 2% chance of dropping an additional [[poisonous potato]]. Potato yield can be increased using a tool enchanted with [[Fortune]], with Fortune III harvesting an average of {{frac|5|3|7}} potatoes. [[Bone meal]] can be used to mature the potato to its last stage of growth.
The first two potatoes always drop, and then three more attempts are made to drop a potato with a success rate of 57.14286% to yield the extra 0–3 drops. Each level of Fortune enchantment increases the number of attempts by one.
=== Mob loot ===
[[Zombie]]s, [[husk]]s, and [[zombie villager]]s have a 2.5% ({{frac|1|40}}) chance of dropping either an [[iron ingot]], [[carrot]], or potato when killed by a player or tamed wolf. This is increased by 1% ({{frac|1|100}}) per level of looting. This gives potatoes the following chances of dropping:
* {{frac|1|120}} (about 0.83%)
* {{frac|7|600}} (about 1.17%) with Looting I
* {{frac|9|600}} (1.50%) with Looting II
* {{frac|11|600}} (about 1.83%) with Looting III
If a zombie, husk, or zombie villager is killed with fire, it drops a baked potato instead.
=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|potato}}
== Usage ==
=== Farming ===
{{main|Tutorials/Crop farming}}
When farmed, potatoes require 8 [[Block tick|stages]] to grow. However, there are four ''visible'' stages due to having only four distinct textures: every two stages have the same texture, except that growth stage 7 keeps the same appearance as stages 5–6, so that only stage 8 has the final, mature appearance. Planted potatoes require a light level of 9 or greater to continue growing. If the light level is 7 or below, the crops instantly un-plant themselves ("pop off"). It is not possible to plant potatoes if the light level is too low.
Crops grow faster if the farmland they are planted in is [[Farmland#Hydration|hydrated]]. Using [[bone meal]] on crops also increases the speed of growth by randomly increasing their growth stage by 2 to 5.
Crops break if pushed by a [[piston]] or if their supporting farmland breaks or turns to dirt (i.e. by being trampled), dropping their usual drops.
=== Food ===
To eat a potato, press and hold {{control|use}} while it is selected in the [[hotbar]]. Eating a potato restores {{hunger|1}} hunger and 0.6 [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]].
=== Breeding ===
[[Pig]]s follow and can be [[bred]] by a player holding a potato.
[[Villager]]s can pick up potato items to become willing, which allow them to breed. Villagers require 12 potatoes to become willing.
=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting
|showname=1
|Potato
|Baked Potato
|0.35
}}
=== Trading ===
Novice-level farmer villagers have a 25%{{only|bedrock}} or 40%{{only|java}} chance to buy 26 potatoes for an [[emerald]] as part of their trade.
=== Composting ===
Placing a potato into a [[composter]] has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1. This is less efficient than composting with [[Baked Potato|baked potatoes]], which has a higher success chance of 85%.
== Sounds ==
=== Block ===
{{Sound table/Block/Crop}}
=== Item ===
{{Sound table/Entity/Food}}
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Potatoes
|spritetype=block
|nameid=potatoes
|blocktags=bee_growables, crops
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Potato
|spritetype=item
|nameid=potato
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Potatoes
|spritetype=block
|nameid=potatoes
|id=142
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Potato
|spritetype=item
|nameid=potato
|id=280
|form=item
|foot=1}}
=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}
{{/BS}}
== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Husbandry;A Balanced Diet}}
== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|[[File:Potato JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added potatoes.
|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE1.png|32px]] Added potato crops.}}
{{History|||snap=12w36a|Potatoes can now be found in [[village]]s.}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w09b|The [[Fortune]] enchantment now works when harvesting potatoes.<ref>{{bug|MC-1680}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Potatoes can now be [[trading|sold]] to farmer [[villager]]s, at 15–19 potatoes for 1 [[emerald]].}}
{{History|||snap=14w04a|Farmer villagers now harvest fully grown potatoes.
|Villagers can now be made willing using 12 potatoes.}}
{{History|||snap=14w06a|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE2.png|32px]] Potato crops are now a pixel higher - previously they were offset one pixel down as to match farmland's sunken model. This is likely an accidental result of model conversion.}}
{{History|||snap=14w10a|[[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Missing Model (anisotropic filtering) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model (anisotropic filtering) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model (anisotropic filtering) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model (anisotropic filtering) JE2.png|32px]]<br>Potato crops of all stages [[Missing model|no longer have a model]].}}
{{History|||snap=14w10b|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE4.png|32px]] Potato crops now have models again.<ref>{{bug|MC-50232}}</ref> In addition, they are now offset downwards by one pixel once more.<ref>{{bug|MC-50155}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=14w25a|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE5.png|32px]] Potato crops are now darker and subject to directional shading.}}
{{History|||snap=14w27a|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE6.png|32px]] Potato crops are no longer subject to directional shading.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|Potatoes can now be used to lead and breed [[pig]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=15w38a|The [[drop]] chances of potatoes has now been slightly improved from average {{frac|2|3|5}} per potato crop harvested to {{frac|2|5|7}}.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral ID was 142, and the item's 392.}}
{{History|||snap=18w11a|Potatoes now have a chance of generating in [[shipwreck]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Potato JE2.png|32px]] The texture of potatoes has been changed.
|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE7.png|32px]] The textures of potato crops have been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w47a|Potatoes now generate in [[pillager outpost]] chests.}}
{{History|||snap=18w48a|Potatoes can now be found in chests in [[plains]] village houses.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Potatoes can now be found in chests in [[snowy tundra|snowy]] village houses.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Potatoes can now be found in chests in [[taiga]] village houses.
|[[File:Potato JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of potatoes has been changed, once again.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|Added placement and new breaking [[sound]]s to potatoes.
|Placing a potato into the new [[composter]] has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Potatoes now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w34a|[[Bee]]s can now pollinate potato crops.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w13a|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE8.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE8.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE8.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE8.png|32px]] The "crop" template model has changed such that pixels appear in the same physical positions on opposite sides of texture planes, changing the potato crop's appearance in the process.<ref>{{bug|MC-199242}}</ref>}}
{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Potato JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added potatoes.
|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE6 BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} Added potato crops.
|Potatoes are a rare [[drops|drop]] from killing [[zombie]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=build 3|Potatoes now have a chance to drop when tilling [[grass block]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=build 4|Potatoes are no longer dropped from tilling grass blocks.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|Potato crops now naturally spawn in [[village]]s.
|Potatoes can now be used to lead and breed [[pig]]s.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Potatoes now restore [[hunger]] instead of [[health]].
|Farmer (profession) [[villager]]s now plant and harvest potatoes.}}
{{History||v0.16.2|Potatoes can now be found in the [[chest]] inside large houses in [[ice plains]] and [[cold taiga]] [[village]]s.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Potatoes can now be found in [[pillager outpost]]s and [[plains]] [[village]] houses.
|[[File:Potato JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of potatoes has been changed.
|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE7.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} The textures of potato crops have been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Potatoes can now be used to fill up [[composter]]s.
|Potatoes can now be found in [[taiga]], [[snowy taiga]] and [[snowy tundra]] village house [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Trading]] has now been changed, farmer [[villager]]s now have a 25% chance to [[trading|buy]] 26 potatoes for an [[emerald]].}}
{{History||1.14.0|snap=beta 1.14.0.1|[[Bee]]s can now pollinate potato crops.}}
{{History||?|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 BE.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 BE.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 BE.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 BE.png|32px]] Potato crop planes use a mapping that results in very unnatural mirroring when viewed from certain angles, such as northwest.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-146936}}</ref>}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU14|xbone=CU1|ps=1.04|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Potato JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added potatoes.
|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE6 BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} Added potato crops.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Potato JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of potatoes has been changed.
|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE7.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} The textures of potato crops have been changed.}}
{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Potato JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added potatoes.
|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE6 BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} Added potato crops.}}
{{History|foot}}
=== Potatoes "item" ===
{{:Technical blocks/Potatoes}}
== Issues ==
{{issue list}}
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
AllSeeds.png|All the seeds that exist in the game (except [[Pitcher Plant|seeds fr]][[Torchflower Seeds|om 1.20,]] [[nether wart]] and [[cocoa beans]]).
VillageGrowingCarrotsAndPotatoes.png|[[Carrot]]s and potatoes found growing naturally in a [[village]].
File:Hot Potato.jpeg|Official render of a potato to celebrate National Potato Day.<ref> https://twitter.com/Minecraft/status/1692969488617029859?s=20| Hot potato! @ a friend to toss it.</ref>
</gallery>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--potato Taking Inventory: Potato] – Minecraft.net on December 16, 2021
{{items}}
{{blocks|vegetation}}
[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]
[[Category:Non-solid blocks]]
[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]
[[cs:Brambora]]
[[de:Kartoffel]]
[[es:Patata]]
[[fr:Pomme de terre]]
[[hu:Burgonya]]
[[it:Patata]]
[[ja:ジャガイモ]]
[[ko:감자]]
[[nl:Aardappel]]
[[pl:Ziemniak]]
[[pt:Batata]]
<br />
[[ru:Картофель]]
[[th:มันฝรั่ง]]
[[uk:Картопля]]
[[zh:马铃薯]]</li></ul> | 22w11a | File:Temperate Frog JE1.png | |||
| Frogs can be tempted and bred using slimeballs. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| Wild Update (experimental) | beta 1.18.10.24 | File:Temperate Frog BE1.png | |||
| Frogs can be tempted and bred using seagrass. This is confirmed to be a placeholder. | |||||
| When they are hit, they make the same sound as the player. | |||||
| beta 1.18.10.26 | Frogs now have their unique sounds. | ||||
| Frogs now attack small magma cubes and drop a froglight depending on the type of frog. | |||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| Wild Update (experimental) | beta 1.18.20.21 | Frogs that spawn on meadow biomes are now of the temperate rather than cold variety. | |||
| beta 1.18.20.23 | Frogs can now be bred and tempted by using slimeballs instead of seagrass and spawn in groups of two to five instead of one to four. | ||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Frog" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- The warm frog is based on the grey foam-nest tree frog.[1]
- Despite the fact that swamps lost the Biome Vote in MINECON Live 2019 taking second place, frogs were implemented in the game two years later in Bedrock Edition and three years later in Java Edition.
- Frogs were shown in Minecraft Live 2021 to enjoy jumping on big dripleaves.
- Originally, frogs could eat fireflies, but this changed, as in real life fireflies are poisonous to frogs. Instead, now they can eat small slimes and small magma cubes.[2]
- In Bedrock Edition, the fifth hurt sound of frogs is unused. However, it is used in Java.
Gallery
The frog as it appeared in the swamp biome vote video from MINECON Live 2019.
Animation of walking frogs posted on twitter by Brandon Pearce.[3]
- Screenshot 2022-03-20 121436.png
A temperate frog eating a slime
References
- ↑ "Minecraft Live 2021 @2:08:19" – Minecraft on YouTube, October 16, 2021
- ↑ "Most fireflies are actually poisonous for frogs, thats why we are currently not having frogs eating fireflies." – @Badgerisi on X, January 5, 2022
- ↑ "when the squad hops into town:" – @kingbdogz on X, December 15, 2021

![Animation of walking frogs posted on twitter by Brandon Pearce.[3]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/f/f7/Walking_Frogs.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20211217234425)


